February 13
People born on this day are Aquarius.
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An intense windstorm strikes western Washington and sinks a 0.5-mile (0.80 km) long section of the Hood Canal Bridge.
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Konstantin Chernenko succeeds the late Yuri Andropov as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
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Gulf War: Two laser-guided "smart bombs" destroy the Amiriyah shelter in Baghdad. Allied forces said the bunker was being used as a military communications outpost, but over 400 Iraqi civilians inside were killed.
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The Nepalese Civil War is initiated in the Kingdom of Nepal by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre).
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The Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announces the discovery of the universe's largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093. Astronomers named this star "Lucy" after The Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
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Taiwan opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou resigns as the chairman of the Kuomintang party after being indicted on charges of embezzlement during his tenure as the mayor of Taipei; Ma also announces his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election.
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Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes a historic apology to the Indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generations.
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For the first time in more than 100 years the Umatilla, an American Indian tribe, are able to hunt and harvest a bison just outside Yellowstone National Park, restoring a centuries-old tradition guaranteed by a treaty signed in 1855.
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The European Space Agency (ESA) conducted the first launch of the European Vega rocket from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
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Kim Jong-nam, brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, is assassinated at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump is acquitted in his second impeachment trial.
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A major winter storm causes blackouts and kills at least 82 people in Texas and northern Mexico.
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2003Raúl Asencio, Spanish footballer
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2002Jaden Ivey, American basketball player
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2002Sophia Lillis, American actress
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2001Kaapo Kakko, Finnish ice hockey player
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2000Vitinha, Portuguese footballer
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1995Kendall Fuller, American football player
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1995Georges-Kévin Nkoudou, French-Cameroonian footballer
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1994Memphis Depay, Dutch footballer
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1992Keith Appling, American basketball player
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1991Eliaquim Mangala, French footballer
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1991Vianney, French singer
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1991Luke Voit, American baseball player
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